英语词汇“usurp”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	usurp
释义	Trends of usurp View usage for: usurp (juːzɜːʳp) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense usurps, present participle usurping, past tense, past participle usurped verb If you say that someone usurps a job, role, title, or position, they take it from someone when they have no right to do this. [formal] Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart? [VERB noun] The Congress wants to reverse the reforms and usurp the power of the presidency. [VERB noun] Synonyms: seize, take over, assume, take More Synonyms of usurp usurp in British English (juːˈzɜːp) verb to seize, take over, or appropriate (land, a throne, etc) without authority Derived forms usurpation (ˌusurˈpation) noun usurpative (uˈsurpative) or usurpatory (uˈsurpatory) adjective usurper (uˈsurper) noun Word origin C14: from Old French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpāre to take into use, probably from ūsus use + rapere to seize usurp in American English (juˈsɜrp; juˈzɜrp) verb transitive 1. to take or assume (power, a position, property, rights, etc.) and hold in possession by force or without right verb intransitive 2. to practice or commit usurpation (on or upon) Derived forms usurper (uˈsurper) noun usurpingly (uˈsurpingly) adverb Word origin ME usurpen < MFr usurper < L usurpare < usus, a use + rapere, to seize: see UNRESOLVED CROSS REF Examples of 'usurp' in a sentence usurp But how can this sort of painting remain relevant in a world where photography has usurped its role? Times, Sunday Times (2011) They themselves have usurped this power. Christianity Today (2000) There are daily suggestions that sport has in some ways usurped the place of religion in a non-religious age. Times, Sunday Times (2013) In the first case the multitude usurp a despotic power; in the second it is usurped by a single person. Kishlansky, Mark A. (editor) Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginningto 1715 (1995) None of the major powers could usurp America's role as both guarantor and pivot of the international economy. Hirst, Paul After Thatcher (1989) And rather than target the thugs, they'll be more concerned with the person who usurped their role as enforcer. Times, Sunday Times (2007) In other languages usurp British English: usurp VERB If you say that someone usurps a job, role, title, or position, they take it from someone when they have no right to do this. Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart? American English: usurp Brazilian Portuguese: usurpar Chinese: 篡夺 European Spanish: usurpar French: usurper German: an sich reißen Italian: usurpare Japanese: 奪う Korean: 직장 등을 빼앗다 European Portuguese: usurpar Latin American Spanish: usurpar (verb) in the sense of seize Definition to seize a position or power without authority Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart? Synonyms seize Troops have seized the airport and radio stations. take over assume If there is no president, power will be assumed by extremist forces. take She took the bike by the handles before it swerved into the ditch. appropriate Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea. wrest He has been trying to wrest control from the central government. commandeer The soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital. arrogate He arrogated the privilege to himself alone. infringe upon lay hold of Additional synonyms in the sense of appropriate Definition to take for one's own use without permission Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea. Synonyms seize, take, claim, assume, take over, acquire, confiscate, annex, usurp, impound, pre-empt, commandeer, take possession of, expropriate (formal), arrogate in the sense of arrogate Definition to claim or seize without justification He arrogated the privilege to himself alone. Synonyms seize, demand, assume, appropriate, presume, usurp, commandeer, expropriate (formal), claim unduly in the sense of assume If there is no president, power will be assumed by extremist forces. Synonyms take over, take, appropriate, acquire, seize, hijack, confiscate, wrest, usurp, lay claim to, pre-empt, commandeer, requisition, expropriate (formal), arrogate Nearby words of usurp usher something in usual usually usurp utensil utilitarian utility Synonyms of 'usurp' usurp Explore 'usurp' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of commandeer Definition to take as if by right The soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital. Synonyms seize, appropriate, hijack, confiscate, requisition, sequester, expropriate (formal), sequestrate in the sense of take She took the bike by the handles before it swerved into the ditch. Synonyms grip, grab, seize, catch, grasp, clutch, get hold of, clasp, take hold of, lay hold of in the sense of wrest Definition to seize forcibly by violent or unlawful means He has been trying to wrest control from the central government. Synonyms seize, take, win, extract
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